Liam Prince - Experiencing Indonesia
Talking Indonesia
- Published
- July 16, 2026
- Duration
- 33:47
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 2, 2026
Discusses The problem of Australian knowing and engaging Indonesia, as our closest neighbour, has vexed succes…
Summary
The problem of Australian knowing and engaging Indonesia, as our closest neighbour, has vexed successive Australia governments ever since Keating called for Asian literacy in the 1980s. Toward that end, we have seen intermittent policy interventions recognizing the strategic importance of what has come to known as Australia’s “Asian capabilities”. This in…
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The problem of Australian knowing and engaging Indonesia, as our closest neighbour, has vexed successive Australia governments ever since Keating called for Asian literacy in the 1980s. Toward that end, we have seen intermittent policy interventions recognizing the strategic importance of what has come to known as Australia’s “Asian capabilities”. This includes a National Asian Language and Studies program in the 1990s, a 2012 white paper under the Gillard government and in 2015, the Department